Members say message in 5-foot high stacks in each office coming through
The "pink slips" being sent to members of Congress, warning them to abandon Washington's "charge-it-and-spend-it" programs, new energy taxes under "cap-and-trade" and nationalized health care, have surged past 5 million, but supporters of the program say they need to keep coming.
Janet Porter, founder and president of Faith2Action and one of the organizers behind the "pink slips" campaign, was at a news conference today in Washington where U.S. Reps. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn.; Louie Gohmert, R-Texas; Steve King, R-Iowa; and Trent Franks, R-Ariz., hailed the effort as an innovative new vehicle for the American people to express themselves to members of Congress.
She said it's clear the message – delivered through a stack of "pink slips" now standing approximately five feet high in congressional offices – is getting through.
"They are hearing us, even those who don't want to hear. They're still listening," she told WND. "Those who are on the fence, this may give them the courage to stand up to the arm-twisting."
It's an amazing feat, to get that many slips to Congress," King told WND. "If you look through them, you can index each one back to an individual.
"That's powerful. There is a person behind each one of the slips," he said.
The number of "pink slips" is staggering, because they weren't from people who were answering a telephone poll and participating in a survey, he noted.
Each of the participants, he said, "wrote a check to send a message."
But more are needed.
"It's going to take the American people well-informed to win," he said.